Throwback Maryland Testudo Mascot From 1955

It shows Maryland's terrapin mascot — named Testudo — being driven around Byrd Stadium, circa 1955 (a season in which the Terps were undefeated in the regular season before losing to Oklahoma in the Orange Bowl.)

The mascot is basically a guy with a football helmet and a sewn-together turtle outfit. Also it's cool to see the football stadium before many, many layers of new seats and expansion, with the view of legendary Cole Field House in the background.

I smell a throwback possibility for the Maryland-Hopkins game this year.

Also in 1955, it was an undefeated, pre-NCAA national championship for the Terps in lacrosse, under co-head coaches Al Heagy and Jack Faber. A cool picture below from The Terrapin yearbook, used under creative commons license, shows the championship squad.

Some notes from that yearbook entry: "Maryland outscored opponents 167 goals to 40, with the biggest rout of the year coming against Duke, who was trampled 22-1. The Champs had two shutouts, both by 18-0 scores over Williams and Virginia."

Charlie Wicker, Jim Keating and John Simmons were first-team All-Americans that year.